Why would they pay so much money for Chrome? They could just fork chromium for free? 34B is just for web address?
A lot of people think The Internet == Chrome == Google
Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5B Offer for Chrome
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#33These marketing stunts from Perplexity made me stop using their product. For me, it's an indicator that they don't believe in their product, so there's no reason for me to do it either.
Which web search do you prefer over perplexity?
Kagi is a nice alternative.
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#34in case you missed it, Perplexity is now in bed with Trump https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/trump-ai-truth-search-per...
The link seems to suggest they provide services to Trump but hilariously not to his benefit at all.
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#35For the simple minded among us, can someone explain why this would be worth 34.5 billion dollars? Wouldn't the fork ( https://www.perplexity.ai/comet ) be sufficient?
The same reason Elon bought twitter for $40B or whatever. The tech isn't worth that - the audience is(or, might be)
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm guessing the installed user base make up the bulk of the value.
After selling Chrome to Perplexity, Google could just announce the end of life for Google Chrome, without an upgrade path. Then it's up to Perplexity to get these users to install Perplexity Chrome.
I'm sure part of the sale terms would be gracefully handing over control
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#37"The AI says I should raise $34.5 billion from investors and make a bid for Google's browser."
I wonder if they've thought about what it'll cost to keep Chrome dominant as a platform including the effort that goes into securing it on an ongoing basis!
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#38For the simple minded among us, can someone explain why this would be worth 34.5 billion dollars? Wouldn't the fork ( https://www.perplexity.ai/comet ) be sufficient?
The users and data is what everyone wants. Which is scary because Google at least doesn't sell data (they just match contextual ads to users), whereas any company that purchases Chrome no doubt will.
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